Method of applying paint and the like



March 22, 1932.: E, TAYLOR 1,850,700

METHOD OF APPLYING PAINT AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 29, 1929 INVENTOR. I IERNEJT (710mm! A TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 22, 1932 UNITED "STATES ERNEST- (hTAYLOR, OF SACRAMENTO,CALIFORNIA;

METHOD OF APPLYING AND THE LIKE Application filed October 29, 1929.Serial No. 403,303.

The present invention relates to a method of applying paint and the liketo a surface and its principal object is to provide a simplifiedprocedure for applying liquid paint to the inside of a vessel. At thepresent time it is customary to paint the inside of large tanks by meansof a hand brush or a spray. which is a slow, laborious process, givesimperfect results in many instances, and is accompanied by detriinentaleffects on the person applying the paint through the inhaling ofinjurious gases.

In the present invention it is proposed to apply the paint by a floatingprocess which may be carried out with speed and without any eflort onthe part of the operator.

is further proposed in the present invention to apply the same principleto the painting of the outside of a vessel or the'like by dipping thesame into a floating body of paint or by causing a floating body ofpaint to rise in contact with the vessel to be painted.-

Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear as thespecification proceeds. The preferred form in which my invention may becarried out is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 shows a vertical section through a vessel to be painted on the inside,while Figure 2 shows a vertical section through a tank used for thepurpose of exteriorly applying paint to a second vessel.

While I have described only the preferred forms of my invention, I wishto have it understood that various changes or modifications may be madewithin the scope of the claim hereto attached without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Figure 1 illustrates the manner in which my invention is applied to thecoating of the inside of a vessel 1. In carrying out my process', aquantity of paintsuflicientto coat the entire vessel is placed on thebottom of the 45 same, and thereupon water is allowed to encontact withthe drysurface and naturally of course,

ter the vessel through the pipe 2 arranged in the bottom, so that thepaint is gradually raised and floated to the top of the vessel, thedrawings illustrating an intermediate stage, and showing a layer ofpaint 3 floating on a body of water 4. It will be noted that the surfaceof the tank or vessel is dry before the water reaches the same so thatthe body of paint overlying the water comes in adheres thereto. I findthis method of applying paint very satisfactory, and I particularly havenoticed that when applied n this manner, the paint penetrates into everycrevice and makes a perfect seal around rivets, at seams, and in allplaces where it is difficult or almost impossible to apply paint bymeans of a hand brush or a spray.

. After the paint has reached the top of the vessel the water may be.drained ofi through a pipe 5 so that whatever paint remains on the topof the water descends again as a body. After all the water has beenwithdrawn and the remaining paint starts to flow through the pipe 5 itmay be caught in a bucket or any other suitable container indicated at6. 11 Figure 2 is'illustrated the method of applying paint to theoutside of a vessel indic'ated at 7. In this method I provide a tank- 8which must be larger than the vessel 7 to be painted, and I place thelatter vessel inside of the tank on suitable supports indicated at 9. Aquantity of paint sufficient to coat the vessel 7 is then placed on thebottom of the vessel 8 and water is introduced through the pipe 10 whichcauses the paint to float upward and to cover the vessel 7 After thelatter is thoroughl covered the'water is withdrawn through t e pipe 11and whatever point remains in the tank 8 may be caught in the container12. It should be understood, that instead of causing a floating side ofand in might dip the body of paint to rise alon contact with the vessel7 latter into the floating body of paint with substantially similarresults,

I claim: The method of applying liquid paint or the 5 like to theinterior of a vessel which consists in placing a quantity of paint inthe bottoin of the vasel and in introducing water below the paint forfloating the paint upward.

Signed at Sacramento in the county of Sacramento and State of Californiathis 23d day of October, A. D. 1929.

ERNEST C. TAYLOR.

